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The old 25-06 Remington and 270 Winchester shot flatter than 6.5 CM
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<blockquote data-quote="Barrelnut" data-source="post: 1551562" data-attributes="member: 74902"><p>My 25-06 seems to like shorter bullets with longer bearing surface for their weight, like Sierra 100~117 gr bullets. It will not shoot the 115 Berger well at all. That limits it's performance at longer ranges. I think this may be common with the 25-06 because lots of people like the Sierras Gamekings or Nosler BT in their 25-06.</p><p>This makes it fairly easy for a 6.5 CM to beat it at distance with winddrift, energy, and drop. Cause a CM is usually not picky. It will shoot almost any high BC 120 to 140 grain bullet extremely well.</p><p>When comparing the 25-06 to the 6.5 CM is is easy to end up with numbers like these below. This is Federal ammo with a 117 Sierra in 25-06 vs a 130 berger in a 6.5 CM.</p><p><a href="https://www.federalpremium.com/products/compare?products=384482|959085&configuration={7FF5C5E6-B60E-4CA5-A1AE-07A721FB1CC4}" target="_blank">https://www.federalpremium.com/products/compare?products=384482|959085&configuration={7FF5C5E6-B60E-4CA5-A1AE-07A721FB1CC4}</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barrelnut, post: 1551562, member: 74902"] My 25-06 seems to like shorter bullets with longer bearing surface for their weight, like Sierra 100~117 gr bullets. It will not shoot the 115 Berger well at all. That limits it's performance at longer ranges. I think this may be common with the 25-06 because lots of people like the Sierras Gamekings or Nosler BT in their 25-06. This makes it fairly easy for a 6.5 CM to beat it at distance with winddrift, energy, and drop. Cause a CM is usually not picky. It will shoot almost any high BC 120 to 140 grain bullet extremely well. When comparing the 25-06 to the 6.5 CM is is easy to end up with numbers like these below. This is Federal ammo with a 117 Sierra in 25-06 vs a 130 berger in a 6.5 CM. [URL]https://www.federalpremium.com/products/compare?products=384482|959085&configuration={7FF5C5E6-B60E-4CA5-A1AE-07A721FB1CC4}[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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